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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Applicant:
Daniel Some, Ashdod, IL;
Inventor:
Daniel Some, Ashdod, IL;
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Israel, Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for optical inspection of patterned and non-patterned objects. The methods include determining a state of polarization of light reflected from the object, establishing a polarization state of the incident light, and filtering the reflected light by polarization so as to provide an optical signal that is detected by a detector.